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Join us for our International Translation Day 2024 Webinar, featuring a panel discussion and Q&A

Where: Online – Zoom

Date: Friday, September 27, 2024

2 pm to 3:30 pm Paris (UTC+2)

8am New York

8pm Beijing

10pm Sydney

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3 – 4 Oct 2024
In celebration of the UNESCO World Book Capital programme, CEATL (European Council of Literary Translators’ Associations) is hosting the European Conference on Literary Translation in this Year’s World Book Capital, Strasbourg. More…

20th July 2024 6 pm to 8 pm Paris (UTC+2)The webinar explores the role of technology from an important aspect, that of “Indigitalization,” according to our speaker, Assistant Professor Jon Corbett at Simon Fraser University (Burnaby, Canada). Professor Corbett describes Indigitalization as a computational creative practice that braids together Indigenous and decolonial computing practices facilitated through traditional and…

Translation, an art worth protecting. Inspired by issues surrounding copyright, this year’s International Translation Day (ITD) theme embraces the recognition of translations as original creative works in their own right, owed the benefit of copyright protection under the Berne Convention. As the creators of derivative works, translators have fought to protect their moral rights to…

Announcing the FIT World Congress 2025 at WIPO HQ, Geneva 4 – 6 September 2025. Exploring the theme: Mastering the Machine: shaping an intelligent future Get ready! The Call for Papers will out soon. Join a global audience of delegates from across the globe as they meet in the heart of Geneva for three days…

The International Federation of Translators (FIT) is sad to announce the passing of renown Cuban poet, writer and translator, Julia Calzadilla, winner of the Federation’s Astrid Lindgren Prize for Translation of Children’s Literature in 2014, as informed by her home association, the Cuban Association of Translators and Interpreters (ACTI). Internationally acclaimed and awarded, Julia also…

FIT (International Federation of Translators), in partnership with its Education and Continuous Professional Development Standing Committee, is holding a free live webinar on May 10th, 2024 at 1pm CET on the current state of the translation and interpreting market and the prospects for the future. The webinar will be delivered by Gabriel Karandyšovský, a well-known…

Translators and authors join forces as AI brings challenges along with opportunities Two of the world’s leading professional bodies dealing with the AI explosion, authors and translation professionals, are collaborating on a response to a lack of regulation in the digital sphere, and the implications for copyright law and authorship rights. IAF panel on the…

FIT as a driver of regional connection Download

On November 25, 2023, the FIT Indigenous Languages Standing Committee hosted a webinar titled The Role of Indigenous Language Translation in Midst of Climate Change: Negotiating Displacement, Loss of Land, Language and Culture. Losing indigenous languages means a loss of cultural diversity, and the centuries-old knowledge contained within them, which could solve the current global…

Friday 17 November, 1pm-3pm CETRegistrations close 14 Nov 2023, 5pm CET. FIT invites all translators, interpreters and terminologists to take part in a free webinar which provides tools for emotion and stress management tailored to language professionals. In this webinar, Dr Séverine Hubscher-Davidson will discuss what stress means, what its symptoms are, and how professionals…

2 October 2023, 2pm CET

Join us for a panel discussion on the topic of “What use the Humanities without humans: the value of human interpreting and human translation in a fragile world.” with panelists James Phillips (WIPO), Urtzi Urrutikoetxea (PEN) and Miquel Cabal Guarro (AELC, CEATL).

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Designer of the winning poster for ITD 2023.

This year, FIT chose “Translation unveils the many faces of humanity” as the central theme of its International Translation Day (ITD) celebrations. We would like to tell you a few things about Marta Saavedra, the designer behind the winning poster.

Our dear friend and colleague Beatriz Rodriguez, president of the Colegio de Traductores Públicos de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (CTPCBA) and former FIT Council member, passed away suddenly on 24 May 2023. She had a long and illustrious career at the CTPCBA, at the University of Buenos Aires (UBA), and in the national and international world…

FIT had a visible presence at the Languages & the Media Conference, 7–9 November in Berlin, and the annual Translating Europe Forum, 9–11 November in Brussels.

FIT had a visible presence at the Languages & the Media Conference, 7–9 November in Berlin, and the annual Translating Europe Forum, 9–11 November in Brussels.

FIT had a visible presence at the Languages & the Media Conference, 7–9 November in Berlin, and the annual Translating Europe Forum, 9–11 November in Brussels.

ITD 2022 Celebrating A World without Barriers: The Role of Language Professionals in Building Culture, Understanding and lasting Peace.
ITD 2022 Celebrating A World without Barriers: The Role of Language Professionals in Building Culture, Understanding and lasting Peace.
FIT member associations can use the poster in their communication promoting ITD and their events.

It is with deep regret that FIT announces the death, on 30 July 2022, of ANNA LILOVA, FIT Honorary Advisor, former president and founding member of the Bulgarian Translators’ Union.

One of the most important and widely recognized functions FIT fulfils for its member associations is the awarding of FIT prizes and awards at FIT World Congresses. Being selected by an international jury to receive a FIT prize or award signifies recognition of the ‘best of the best’ by one’s peers around the globe.